Chili Bouchier
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Chili Bouchier later known as Dorothy Bouchier, was a British film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and went on to many screen appearances with the advent of sound films, before progressing to theatre later in her career.
She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a charity performance. She became a typist on leaving school and later a mannequin. Her first appearance was as a bathing belle in Shooting Stars. Bouchier won a contest run by the Daily Mail
in 1927 to become a film star. She combined her film career with a great deal of stage work in the U.K. From 1950 onwards most of her appearances were on stage in dramas, comedies and revues where she continued to work until well into her eighties.
She died three days short of her ninetieth birthday in Marylebone
, London
.
Chili Bouchier worked at Harrods
when she was 15 years old.
In 1996, Chili Bouchier published her autobiography Shooting Star.
She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a charity performance. She became a typist on leaving school and later a mannequin. Her first appearance was as a bathing belle in Shooting Stars. Bouchier won a contest run by the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
in 1927 to become a film star. She combined her film career with a great deal of stage work in the U.K. From 1950 onwards most of her appearances were on stage in dramas, comedies and revues where she continued to work until well into her eighties.
She died three days short of her ninetieth birthday in Marylebone
Marylebone
Marylebone is an affluent inner-city area of central London, located within the City of Westminster. It is sometimes written as St. Marylebone or Mary-le-bone....
, London
London
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.
Chili Bouchier worked at Harrods
Harrods
Harrods is an upmarket department store located in Brompton Road in Brompton, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air...
when she was 15 years old.
In 1996, Chili Bouchier published her autobiography Shooting Star.
Selected filmography
- Shooting Stars (1927)
- You Know What Sailors AreYou Know What Sailors Are (1928 film)You Know What Sailors Are is a 1928 British comedy drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Alf Goddard, Cyril McLaglen and Chili Bouchier...
(1928) - The Silver KingThe Silver King (film)The Silver King is a 1929 British silent film drama, directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Percy Marmont and Harold Huth. The film is an adaptation of the 1882 play The Silver King by Henry Arthur Jones.-Plot:...
(1929) - Enter the QueenEnter the QueenEnter the Queen is a 1930 British short comedy film directed by Arthur Varney and starring Richard Cooper, Dora March, Chili Bouchier and Percy Walsh....
(1930) - Warned OffWarned OffWarned Off is a 1930 British film directed by Walter West and starring Tony Wylde, Chili Bouchier and Queenie Thomas.-Cast:* Tony Wylde - Frank Cuthbert* Chili Bouchier - Florrie Greville* Queenie Thomas - Lady Violet* Evan Thomas - Colonel Cornwallis...
(1930) - Carnival (1931)
- Ebb TideEbb Tide (1932 film)Ebb Tide is a 1932 British drama film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring Chili Bouchier, Joan Barry, George Barraud and Merle Oberon. A sailor falls in love with a woman he meets at the dockside, but is deeply conflicted because his former lover is in prison....
(1932) - The King's CupThe King's CupThe King's Cup is a 1933 British drama film directed by Alan Cobham and Robert Cullen and starring Chili Bouchier, Harry Milton and William Kendall...
(1933) - Summer LightningSummer Lightning (film)Summer Lightning is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Chili Bouchier and Horace Hodges. It is based on the novel Summer Lightning by P.G...
(1933) - It's a CopIt's a CopIt's a Cop is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Sydney Howard, Chili Bouchier and Garry Marsh. An incompetent police constable gets a lucky break and catches some thieves, earning promotion to sergeant.-Cast:...
(1934) - To Be a LadyTo Be a LadyTo Be a Lady is a 1934 British romance drama, directed and produced by George King, and starring Chili Bouchier and Bruce Lester. The film is the first screen editing credit of American film editor Elmo Williams....
(1934) - Honours EasyHonours EasyHonours Easy is a 1935 British drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Greta Nissen, Patric Knowles and Margaret Lockwood. A man tries to take revenge on a rival for a slight seventeen years before, by framing his son for theft...
(1935) - The Mad HattersThe Mad HattersThe Mad Hatters is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Ivar Campbell and starring Chili Bouchier, Sydney King and Evelyn Foster. After opening a hat shop together, two men fall in love with a French woman living next door.-Cast:...
(1935) - Get Off My FootGet Off My FootGet Off My Foot is a 1935 British comedy film, directed by William Beaudine and starring Max Miller and Chili Bouchier. It is classed as a lost film....
(1935) - FaithfulFaithful (1936 film)Faithful is a 1936 British musical drama film, directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Jean Muir and Hans Söhnker.The film was a quota quickie production, with an original screenplay by Brock Williams and music by Pierre Neuville. The plot deals with two pupils from a provincial music conservatory...
(1936) - Southern RosesSouthern RosesSouthern Roses is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring George Robey, Gina Malo and Chili Bouchier. It was shot at Denham Studios.-Cast:* George Robey ... Mr. Higgins* Neil Hamilton ... Reggie...
(1936) - Where's Sally?Where's Sally?Where's Sally? is a 1936 British comedy film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Chili Bouchier, Gene Gerrard and Claude Hulbert. The film was a quota quickie production and is now believed to be lost.-Plot:...
(1936) - Mayfair MelodyMayfair MelodyMayfair Melody is a 1937 British musical film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring popular bass-baritone singer Keith Falkner in the first of his three screen performances....
(1937) - The Singing CopThe Singing Cop (film)The Singing Cop is a 1938 British musical comedy spy drama, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring singer Keith Falkner and Chili Bouchier. The film was a quota quickie production, based on a short story by Kenneth Leslie-Smith...
(1938) - The Dark StairwayThe Dark StairwayThe Dark Stairway is a 1938 British crime film, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Hugh Williams, Chili Bouchier and Garry Marsh.The film was a quota quickie production, based on the 1931 novel From This Dark Stairway by Mignon G. Eberhart...
(1938) - Mr. SatanMr. Satan (film)Mr. Satan is a 1938 British spy thriller, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring James Stephenson and Chili Bouchier. Unlike a majority of Woods' quota quickie productions of the 1930s which are believed lost, this film survives in the British Film Institute National Archive.-Plot:News...
(1938) - The Return of Carol DeaneThe Return of Carol DeaneThe Return of Carol Deane is a 1938 British melodrama, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Bebe Daniels. The film is adapted from the story The House on 56th Street by Joseph Santley and spans the time period from the 1910s to the 1930s.-Plot:...
(1938) - Everything Happens to MeEverything Happens to Me (1938 film)Everything Happens to Me is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Max Miller, Chili Bouchier and H.F. Maltby....
(1938) - My Wife's FamilyMy Wife's Family (1941 film)My Wife's Family is a 1941 British comedy film directed by Walter C. Mycroft and starring Charles Clapham, John Warwick and David Thomlinson.It was based on the 1933 Finnish film Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee. A remake was made in 1956....
(1941) - Facing the Music (1941)
- Murder in ReverseMurder in ReverseMurder in Reverse? is a 1945 British thriller film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley, Petula Clark, Dinah Sheridan, and Chili Bouchier. After many years serving a prison sentence for a murder he didn't commit, a man tries to seek the truth behind the crime and...
(1945) - The Laughing LadyThe Laughing LadyThe Laughing Lady is a 1946 British musical drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth and Francis L. Sullivan. During the French Revolution, a young aristocrat makes a deal with Robespierre that he will locate and steal some diamonds from Britain in order to save...
(1946) - Mrs. FitzherbertMrs. FitzherbertMrs. Fitzherbert is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Peter Graves, Joyce Howard and Leslie Banks...
(1947) - The Case of Charles PeaceThe Case of Charles PeaceThe Case of Charles Peace is a 1949 British crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring Michael Martin Harvey, Chili Bouchier and Valentine Dyall.-Cast:* Michael Martin Harvey ... Charles Peace* Chili Bouchier ... Katherine Dyson...
(1949) - Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)
- Blueprint for Danger (1952)
- The Counterfeit PlanThe Counterfeit PlanThe Counterfeit Plan is a 1957 British crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Zachary Scott, Peggie Castle, Mervyn Johns and David Lodge.-Cast:*Zachary Scott as Max Brant*Peggie Castle as Carole Bernard*Mervyn Johns as Louie Bernard...
(1957) - The Boy and the BridgeThe Boy and the BridgeThe Boy and the Bridge is a 1959 British drama film directed by Kevin McClory. It featured Ian Maclaine, Liam Redmond, James Hayter, Geoffrey Keen and Arthur Lowe...
(1959) - Dead LuckyDead LuckyDead Lucky is a 1960 British crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Vincent Ball, Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier, Alfred Burke and Michael Ripper...
(1960)
External links
- The archives of Chili Bouchier are held at The Women's Library at London Metropolitan UniversityLondon Metropolitan UniversityLondon Metropolitan University , located in London, England, was formed on 1 August 2002 by the amalgamation of the University of North London and the London Guildhall University . The University has campuses in the City of London and in the London Borough of Islington.The University operates its...
, ref 7CHB - Obituary in The Independent